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Blog Series | Transform your network operations w ...
Did you know Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to boost business agility and su ...
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What is an Optical Control Plane?
To help clarify the question of “what is an optical control plane?”, we put together the below infographic that walks through the ...
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Securing the Cloud Between Data Centers
As applications increasingly communicate between different locations – is that data secure? Kent Jordan explains how Layer 1 encr ...
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SC17: Super Networks for Super Computers
The SC17 conference provides a perfect opportunity to experience the intersection of high-performance computing with high-perform ...
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SONET/SDH is dead – really this time
The age of SONET and SDH networks is nearing an end, for real this time. In the latest reports from Infonetics and Dell’Oro, both ...
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The Top 3 Take-Aways from NGON 2017
What does lemon pie have to do with next-gen optical network architectures? Quite a bit actually, explains Ciena's Helen Xenos.
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Papers from SubOptic 2016 - Emerging Subsea Netwo ...
At SubOptic 2016, which was held in beautiful Dubai a few weeks ago, hundreds of enthusiastic attendees discussed (and debated) t ...
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Submarine Cable Networks, Open for Business
Open Cables, APIs, and big data analytics have and will continue to change everything going forward, says Ciena's Brian Lavallee, ...
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Reducing the High Cost of Coaxial Cable
By driving optical fiber deeper, cable operators can improve performance and reliability, increase capacity, become eco-friendlie ...
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Move Over 200G, 400G is the New Sexy
The 400G era is here, with Ciena's new WaveLogic Ai chipset making news with some of the world's largest service providers. Ciena ...
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Check your Fiber Deep boxes with Ciena
Getting high-bandwidth closer to customers at the network edge needs an adaptive network infrastructure, and the right network pa ...
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Unique insights into your submarine network
What if cable operators could leverage software-based advancements to improve the operation and maintenance of their submarine ne ...
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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...
Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...
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Service Orchestration: The Cure for Vendor Silos ...
In order to fully orchestrate services from end-to-end, across both the physical and virtual domains, network operators will now ...
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Why data security is more important than ever
Joe Marsella, CTO EMEA at Ciena, discusses the implications of optical fibre hacking and why a holistic security strategy is esse ...
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Connecting Data Centers Under the Sea
New submarine cables, especially those owned and operated by ICPs, should land in non-traditional locations that are closer to th ...
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On the Submarine Network Horizon in 2019
Submarine networking operators continue to need new innovations in order to meet the evolving needs of this critical infrastructu ...
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The Advent of Open Submarine Networks
Even as many of today's networks are moving to open architectures, submarine cable networks have remained closed and proprietary. ...
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Year in Review: Ciena's 5 Biggest Announcements o ...
Bo Gowan, Ciena's social media leader, details the top news and announcements from a busy year in 2015 at Ciena.
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SubOptic 2019: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!
As the proud host of the triennial SubOptic 2019 submarine network industry event, Ciena welcomes you to New Orleans, Louisiana! ...
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Ciena’s 2019 Holiday Bundle is now available!
We know you have been waiting for it! Ciena’s end-of-year eBook bundle is back. Find out what presents are included this year.
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Opening Up Networks To Choice, At Last
In a world that was previously incapable of being software-driven, fully-integrated solutions once upon a time made sense.
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4 New OTN Use Cases for Today’s Networks
Optical networking dynamics are changing. Read the 4 new OTN use cases for today’s networks.
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Digital sustainability: calculating the green imp ...
How are network operators able to send 20 times more capacity over fiber – without seeing their power consumption and real estate ...